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Heroes of Medicine and their Discoveries - Children's Literature
Starting with the 1628 discovery that the heart pumps blood through the body and ending with today’s advances in cardiovascular medicine, this nonfiction selection highlights many major medical breakthroughs. Each page is dedicated to a new discovery, including period… View →
Volcano Alert! (revised, ed. 2) - Children's Literature
Some people spend their whole lives keeping an eye on the “sleeping giant” hovering over their land. Some volcanoes erupt with regularity, flinging molten rock high in the air or oozing a steady stream down the mountain side. Others, like Mount St. Helen in Oregon, slumber… View →
Knight Survival Guide - Children's Literature
Knights had a difficult and often dangerous life beginning at a very young age. This entry in the “Crabtree Connections” series gives second grade readers a fairly superficial overview of what young boys and men went through as a page, a squire and finally a knight. The… View →
Meet my neighbor, the Police Officer - Children's Literature
A police officer provides important services in the community. To help keep a neighborhood safe, a police officer has more than one responsibility. These responsibilities include monitoring how fast people drive, directing traffic when lights at an intersection are not working, and… View →
I like to play - Children's Literature
Think of games using a ball. Baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, and catch make up more than half of the six words introduced in this beginning reader with a predictable text pattern. Part of the “My World” Leveled Reader series written in eight guided reading levels A-H, the View →
Speak Up! Communicating Confidently - Children's Literature
The book opens with a scenario that many will recognize: a friend is talked into loaning a piece of sports equipment and he knows that the person borrowing will probably never return it. The question posed is how one feels after being a part of such a situation—crummy is certainly a good View →
Environmental Chemistry - Children's Literature
As this title of the “Chemtastrophe!” series suggests, environmental occurrences, from how much rain falls to how long it takes garbage to break down in landfills, all happen because of chemistry. A brief overview of science in general and specifically chemistry prepares… View →
Backyard Bugs - Children's Literature
Part of the “Crabtree Connections” series, this title is categorized as an information book and it introduces a variety of critters that one could find in their backyard. Most bugs are not really pretty so the question posed early on “Aren’t I pretty?” is… View →
What is it? - Children's Literature
“Words to Know” is the first section in this early reader and it is really a picture glossary of nine words. The pictures are set on crisp white pages and fill the page. First readers see a cat and on the opposing page there is a hat and readers are asked what they see. The… View →
Regrouping - Children's Literature
“My Path to Math” is a multi-volume series of which this title is a part. The book’s purpose is to make math concepts easy to understand, and this book does a superb job. Every activity is introduced accurately and succinctly and is based on a real-world situation to… View →
Using a Calculator - Children's Literature
Today, it seems like all the kids are using calculators at school and at home. In this title which is part of the “My Path to Math” series, a basic calculator is introduced. What makes the book more valuable to those of us who did not have calculators in school is the… View →
Spotlight on Brazil - Children's Literature
Brazil is the biggest country in South America in regards to area. People speak Portuguese and Brazilia, the capital, is a modern city located in the interior. Brazilia was planned in the shape of an airplane with the government buildings in the body and the city squares in the wings.… View →
Spotlight on Egypt - Children's Literature
Eighty million people live in Egypt and have come there from Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Most speak Arabic and are divided into four groups: Arabs, Bedouins, Nubians, and Siwans. The Nile River runs through extensive deserts. Most people live in cities. They travel across the… View →
Backyard Encyclopedia - Children's Literature
One of 18 in the “Crabtree Connections,” a series of short references books for early readers that focus on a particular area of geography, science or history. This edition takes youngsters on a backyard safari, highlighting four or five areas within a section of the backyard View →
Go Green! Lead the Way - Children's Literature
Going green helps everyone in today’s world. In this book from the “Crabtree Connections” series, readers have their interest aroused on the opening two pages with the questions: What’s the problem? What does it mean? What can we do? Answers are supplied… View →
Body Care Chemistry - Children's Literature
This book in the “Chemtastrophe!” series reminds readers that chemistry, the study of matter, is responsible for most of the products we use daily to look after our bodies. A brief overview of chemistry begins this slim volume. “Fun Facts” sidebars reveal… View →
On Expedition with Lewis and Clark - Children's Literature
One in a series from “Crabtree Connections,” this informational book is designed with newly independent readers in mind. Short, simple chapters (roughly two pages each) chunk the main points of each stage of the explorers’ journey into highly-accessible portions. Each… View →
Rats Around Us - Children's Literature
Rats live everywhere humans do and outnumber us on every continent except Antarctica. They steal food, can gnaw through almost any material, and spread diseases but they can also be trained to perform tricks, make excellent pets, and help in the search to find cures for human diseases.… View →
What is Super Nature? - Children's Literature
In this book, the author has defined “super nature” as the amazing things that plants and animals do that people wish they could do. One of the first examples is the way plants make oxygen from sunlight. In many ways this particular title is a recap of the information… View →
What is Pollination? - Children's Literature
How flowers and other plants continue to reproduce is clearly explained and illustrated on the opening spreads. The most common pollinators are bees, wasps, butterflies and other animals that visit flowers. There are three types of pollination—cross-pollination, self-pollination and wind View →
What is climate? - Children's Literature
In this nonfiction book, primary school aged children can learn about the many causes and impacts of climate. Chapters cover the relationship between weather, climate, and the Earth, including a chapter at the end with practical tips on how we can reduce our carbon footprint. Climate… View →
The Role of Religion in the Early Islamic World - School Library Journal
Gr 5–7—Each book covers a particular aspect of life in the early Islamic world. The writing is generally simple enough for the intended audience but does not sacrifice quality of scholarship. Information is presented in concise chapters and is graphically well organized. The main texts… View →
Kristen Stewart - Children's Literature
This biography on Stewart mainly concentrates on her acting career and success as young Bella Swan in the popular movie Twilight and its sequels in “The Twilight Saga.” The movie is about a Vampire family named the Cullens, and, Bella, a human, who falls in love with Edward… View →
Position and Direction - Children's Literature
New math concepts are explained in a story about Sam’s move into a new house. The moving van is outside, Sam is inside. When he organizes his bookcase items are placed on the top, middle or bottom shelves. The stairs take him up and down and when he meets a new friend they play a… View →